Garment-support.



No. 7I4,4D6. Patented Nov. 25, I902.

B. H. SCOTT. GARMENT SUPPORT.

(Application filed Apr. 23 1902.;

(No Model.)

NITED STATES BAPTIST H. SCOTT, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT -SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,406, dated.November 25, 1902.

Application filed April 23, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BAPTIST H. Soorr, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Supports, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements ingarment-supporters, and relates more particularly to improvements insupporters for nether garments and the like. i

The invention has for its main object to provide novel and efiectivemeans for supporting nether garments without providing special fasteningmeans on the latter, which method has been found objectionable, as thefastening means when applied to the nether garments in a manner that itmay not be readily detached therefrom is liable to be injured in thelaundering of the garment.

Briefly described, my invention comprises a plate having means to permitits being readily attached to the inner face of the waistband of thetrousers. This plate is provided at its lower end with bearings,in whichis journaled a pintle having a spring-pressed clamp or hook mountedthereon and is adapted to be inserted through a buttonhole providedtherefor in the nether garment. This clamp or hook when swung upwardlyinto position so as to support the nether garment is held againstaccidental displacement by means of the spring-tongue formed integralwith the plate. All this construction will be specifically describedhereinafter and then particularly pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail referonce is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews,in which- Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of my improvedsupporter,showing the same in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a like viewshowing the same in an open position. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of the device applied in position when supporting the garment.

To put my invention into practice, 1 provide the securing-plate 1, whichmay be made Serial No. 104,336. (No model.)

of metal or other suitable material, and is preferably provided with aseries of apertures 2 to receive the threads 3, by means of which theplate is securely fastened to the inner face of the waistband 4. of thetrousers. This I have found to be a convenient and desirable manner ofsecuring the device in position on the trousers, although in lieu ofsecuring the same by stitchingI may attach the plate to the waistband ofthe trousers by a button having a shank which extends through theopening 5, provided therefor in the plate. The plate 1 at its lower endis formed with bearings 6, which are constructed by forming two parallelslits in the lower end of the plate and extending the same some distanceupward into the plate. The material between these two slits is partlycut away at the lower end of the plate, and the remainder of saidmaterial forms a. springtongue 7, which has a reduced lower end 8 forthe purpose as will presently appear. A pintle-pin 9 is journaled in thebearings 6, and mounted on this pin between the two bearings 6 is asuspension clamp or hook 10, the bearing 11 of which has a notch 12,that is adapted to receive the reduced end 8 of the spring-tongue 7 whenthe clamp or hook 10 is in the closed position, (shown in Figs. 1 and3,) whereby said hook is normally held under tension of thespring-tongue 7 and prevented from accidental displacement. The device,as stated, is adapted to be attached to the inner face of the waistbandof the trousers, and in the nether garment, near the upper edge thereof,I provide an eyelet or buttonhole 14, through which the suspension clampor hook 10 is inserted after being swung downwardly moved so as toassume position shown in Fig. 3, in which latter position it is undertension of the spring-tongue 7, which serves to hold the same in suchposition until such time as downward pressure is brought to bear againstthe clamp or hook. I may also employ small barbs 15, placed on the plate1 at each side of the spring-tongue 7, over which the nether garment maybe placed, which will assist in holding the same firmly in position, andthese barbs may be employed for the suspension of the garment in theevent of the buttonhole being torn out or for like causes which would toposition, as shown in Fig. 2, and then,

prevent the use of the suspension clamp or hook for the time being. Thedevice may be easily and quickly attached and in practice is made ofsuch a size that it will not be found cumbersome or inconvenient to thewearer.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction with out departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a garment-supporter, a base-plate provided with apertures and at itslower end having a pair of bearings, barbs formed integral with saidplate, a suspension clamp or hook mounted on a pintle-pin journaled inthe bearings, and an integral spring-tongue carried by the plate andexerting its tension against the suspension clamp or hook to normallyhold the same closed, substantially as described. In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BAPTIST H. SCOTT. Witnesses:

.IoHN NOLAND: E. E. POTTER

